ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,027, issued on July 7, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Aperture assembly, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Qiong Deng (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture assembly includes a driving mechanism, a support base, and a plurality of blades. A first light entering hole is disposed on the support base, all the plurality of blades are rotatably connected to the support base, the plurality of blades form a light transmission hole, the light transmission hole is in communication with the first light entering hole, and all the plurality of blades are connected to...